1. COLOMBO DEFENCE SEMINAR 2018
‘Leadership in Mitigating Violent Extremism’
Syndicate Discussions
Group D

2. COLOMBO DEFENCE SEMINAR 2018
‘Leadership in Mitigating Violent Extremism’
Colonel L C R Jayasuriya RSP psc
Sri Lanka
Brigadier General Md Hasan Uz Zaman, afwc, psc
Bangladesh
Group D

3. LEADERSHIP IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Introduction

4. LEADERSHIP IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Introduction
Definition. Violent extremism views can be exhibited along a range of issues including politics, ethnicity, religion, criminalized violence and gender relations.
No society, religious community or worldview is immune to such violent extremism.

5. LEADERSHIP IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Mitigation
Prevention
Countering

6. LEADERSHIP IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Actors in Mitigation
People involved
Leadership
Own
Neighboring
Regional
International
International Organizations
International Community

7. 10 IMPORTANT POINTS IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTRMISM
1. Importance of independent , effective and transparent legal system in mitigating violent extremism 2. A whole of government leadership and a whole of societal leadership including leadership of faith community 3. Empowering society leadership- civil society leadership 4. Levels of leadership-community, local, regional, global levels.

8. 10 IMPORTANT POINTS IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTRMISM
5. Using the information highway and social media as a counter to spreading of extremist ideology.
6. Media dimension of mitigating violent extremism-pro active information operations .
7. Intelligence gathering and sharing.
8. Countering of ideology by strengthening democracy.

9. 10 IMPORTANT POINTS IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTRMISM
9. Not to use terrorism as an extension of foreign policy.
10. Mitigating of violent extremism is a process that needs multinational leadership with a local, national, regional and global strategy.

10. LEADERSHIP IN MITIGATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Questions/Clarifications